Modelling Prefabricated Construction Safety

Prefabricated construction is expanding and taking over traditional construction with more intervention of prefabricated building elements. Despite prefabricated construction reducing health and safety risks compared to conventional construction, there is still a risk that needs to be addressed. Thi...

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Main Author: Rehan Masood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/4/1629
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description Prefabricated construction is expanding and taking over traditional construction with more intervention of prefabricated building elements. Despite prefabricated construction reducing health and safety risks compared to conventional construction, there is still a risk that needs to be addressed. This article aims to investigate prefabricated construction safety through accident analysis. The accident data was retrieved through governmental resources and covered accident claims, safety costs, vulnerable occupations, and injuries (including type, cause, prior activity, and site of injury). Prefabricated construction safety is then simplistic and predictively modelled. The most common trend has been reported with graphical representation and relevant discussion. Furthermore, the trends are forecasted by using the ARIMA model (p, d, q) based on key performance parameters. The conclusion has been driven by the current status of prefabricated construction safety. This study is a pioneer in modelling prefabricated construction safety to enhance understanding of accidents and forecasting through optimization.
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spelling doaj.art-f877f24b20b64b5aa9d2541005d320202024-02-23T15:06:36ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-02-01144162910.3390/app14041629Modelling Prefabricated Construction SafetyRehan Masood0Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New ZealandPrefabricated construction is expanding and taking over traditional construction with more intervention of prefabricated building elements. Despite prefabricated construction reducing health and safety risks compared to conventional construction, there is still a risk that needs to be addressed. This article aims to investigate prefabricated construction safety through accident analysis. The accident data was retrieved through governmental resources and covered accident claims, safety costs, vulnerable occupations, and injuries (including type, cause, prior activity, and site of injury). Prefabricated construction safety is then simplistic and predictively modelled. The most common trend has been reported with graphical representation and relevant discussion. Furthermore, the trends are forecasted by using the ARIMA model (p, d, q) based on key performance parameters. The conclusion has been driven by the current status of prefabricated construction safety. This study is a pioneer in modelling prefabricated construction safety to enhance understanding of accidents and forecasting through optimization.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/4/1629prefabricated construction safetyaccident analysisARIMAmodellingforecasting
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Modelling Prefabricated Construction Safety
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prefabricated construction safety
accident analysis
ARIMA
modelling
forecasting
title Modelling Prefabricated Construction Safety
title_full Modelling Prefabricated Construction Safety
title_fullStr Modelling Prefabricated Construction Safety
title_full_unstemmed Modelling Prefabricated Construction Safety
title_short Modelling Prefabricated Construction Safety
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topic prefabricated construction safety
accident analysis
ARIMA
modelling
forecasting
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